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Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

2015 nia 1 · Enacted 8 January 2015 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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An Act to make provision about shared rights to leave from work and statutory pay in connection with caring for children; time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments or to attend adoption appointments; to make provision about the right to request flexible working; and for connected purposes.

[8th January 2015]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Contents

  1. Part 1: DEFINED EXPRESSIONS IN THIS ACT
  2. 1Defined expressions in this Act
  3. Part 2: SHARED RIGHTS TO LEAVE AND PAY
  4. Shared parental leave
  5. 2Shared parental leave
  6. 3Exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to leave
  7. 4Abolition of additional paternity leave
  8. Statutory shared parental pay
  9. 5Statutory shared parental pay
  10. 6Exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to pay
  11. 7Abolition of additional paternity pay
  12. Other statutory rights
  13. 8Other statutory rights to leave of prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed
  14. 9Other statutory rights to pay of prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed
  15. 10Other statutory rights to leave of applicants for parental orders
  16. 11Other statutory rights to pay of applicants for parental orders
  17. 12Statutory paternity pay: notice requirement and period of payment
  18. 13Rate of statutory adoption pay
  19. 14Further amendments
  20. Part 3: TIME OFF WORK: ANTE-NATAL CARE, ADOPTION APPOINTMENTS
  21. 15Time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments
  22. 16Time off work for ante-natal care: increased amount of award
  23. 17Time off work to attend adoption appointments
  24. 18Right not to be subjected to detriment: agency workers
  25. Part 4: OTHER EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS: MISCELLANEOUS
  26. 19Flexible working: removal of requirement to be a carer
  27. 20Procedure for regulations as to prescribed amount of annual leave
  28. Part 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS
  29. 21Supplementary, incidental and consequential etc. provision
  30. 22Repeals
  31. 23Commencement
  32. 24Short title
  33. Schedule 1: Minor and consequential amendments
  34. Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 13)
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
  37. 2Paragraph 2
  38. Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
  39. 3Paragraph 3
  40. The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 16)
  41. 4Paragraph 4
  42. Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)
  43. 5Paragraph 5
  44. Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (NI 2)
  45. 6Paragraph 6
  46. Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2)
  47. 7Paragraph 7
  48. Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1)
  49. 8Paragraph 8
  50. Schedule 2Repeals